STENCILED OLD CROW GAME BOARD TABLES plus ANIMALS GONE WILD

Hey ya'll,

been super busy gearing up for Christmas sales in my Craft Booth #555 at my local co-op.

So sorry to be running behind here on posting this last week.

But here's a quickie of a set of end tables that I recently remade.

The tops were rougher before and had to be sanded and repainted before I started.

You can see below that the top sides are still drying.

All I really had to do was get out my stencils and find some that would kinda fit.

I chose the Olde Crow Game Board Co but used a star instead of a crow.

Why? Just because the crow shoulda' been black and on this table it wouldn't have shown up.

I used a mustard yellow and mixed it up with a bit of gray to get the color I wanted.

 It was a very easy makeover.  But don't forget to seal the top with some sort of clear coat or sealer.

I used RUST-O-LEUM 2x ultra cover in MATTE CLEAR.

I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND THE MATTE again though! 

Simply because it's too flat on the black and adds a bit of dusting crap when finished.

Luckily it wiped off for me, but still is visible up really close!

But anyways, I wan't happy with the end result but didn't have time to go back and re-do everything.

So here they are side by side again:

And before I go, take a look at what I saw on a fence post while outside.

  

I think it's a praying mantis. But that's not the cool part. Take a closer look at what he has in his hands....

LUNCH!

But what is super cool is that it is a red wasp!

OMG!

And it only gets better.  After I saw that, I kept my eyes peeled all day looking for him again.

I didn't see him but I did spy a close second. Lookie here~

Another one on the porch rail.

It looked like it was about to be stung, and I think it was once cause it kinda jumped. But it was there catching lunch also.

But it ducked and covered it's face a bit and then went on eating like a boss!

Look at this face!

Wow, I never really stop to look around this much. Creatures are awesome.

Now back to work....

 Here's a sneak at what I'm working on this morning:

More to come tomorrow on these Mason Jar Projects!!!!

See ya'll next time,

~Lisa

TOBACCO STICK CHAIR

Tobacco Stick Chair

Here's a cute, primitive tobacco stick chair my husband made after I drew it out. I wanted something to just sit out in the yard to hold a flower pot for decoration.

With lots of extra tobacco sticks laying around, I've found a few decorative uses for them.

A bunch of old, weathered tobacco sticks I keep in a trash can ready for crafts.

Here is some tobacco sticks I just laid out in the shape of stars.

Looking for the 

Primitive Tobacco Stick Tree?

I made, (my husband nailed it, as I said where to, lol) this cute tobacco stick chair.
For this one in the top photo, I put a flower pot in it and some grapevine twig garland wrapped at top for decoration. And a piece of homespun tied to it.

It's gonna sit by the entry and hold a sign to welcome guests. I just love it.

Here it is all plain again so you can see it:

 The top really needed another bar across it, but I'm not sure why we didn't add one?

 Oh well, I hung decorations on it.

I also brushed on some streaks of black paint to prim it up a tad. And attached a bit of grapevine along with a hand painted welcome sign to get it ready for sale in the winter month.

UPDATE:

Since many people ask me what tobacco sticks are, I thought I'd add this.

Sorry, I grew up in KY and just thought everyone knew of them.

These old tobacco sticks were used in the fields when growing tobacco, and were speared through the tops of the stalks. 

They were essential for "hanging" the tobacco in the barns to cure. 

A lot of stalks of tobacco could be slid onto one tobacco stick. And then they were then hung up on the rafters in the barn to cure. 

The tobacco looks like this in a bunch:

Photo: By Me of a bunch of real tobacco

Finding a use for old tobacco sticks is pretty challenging. Yet I love the look of them indoors, so I like a challenge. They are a perfect touch for a cute country or prim styled home. The first thing I made turned out looking like a tree of some kind. So I call it my tobacco stick tree. I decorate it with homemade rag ropes and lights of the season.

I ended up putting this in my Peddlers Mall Booth #555, for $19.99. 

SOLD

THANK YOU!

It'd be a great welcome to any guest at your home. 

You can change out the hanging sign to fit your mood or holiday!

I just love it.

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Looking for the 

Primitive Tobacco Stick Tree?

Here is my first try at making a tobacco stick tree:

Since first making this one, I've started making them way slimmer and about 5ft tall and some even shorter, table top versions.

Here's a link:

Primitive Tobacco Stick Grapevine Tree

And here is my second try at making a tobacco stick tree: 

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